It is not okay to bully someone for having a different experience than your own. It is not okay to loudly declare that something does not exist simply because you have never personally encountered it. It is not okay to tell someone they are wrong because their life is not a carbon-copy of your own.
What If?
I live my life here; between falling into a trembling ball wracked by despair, and soaring with the potential and hope of what is yet to come.
What Hurting People Need
Hurting people look a lot like your best friend, your coworker, your barista, and yourself. No one gets through a life on earth without some amount of hurt and grief.
What Hurting People Need (Part 12)
An offer to babysit without being asked is the greatest gift you can give to a hurting friend who has children.
What Hurting People Need (Part 11)
I would rather be known as the friend who showed up when no one else did, than be known as the woman who does it all.
Ashley Lilley 